Charlottesville Electoral Board chairman Rick Sincere walks us through a weed patch that until a few days ago few people (including, it seems most of the GOP presidential campaigns) didn’t know was there: Virginia’s ballot access laws. Brambles abound, but so do opportunities for reform.

Bearing Drift’s own Shaun Kenney joins Scott to talk about the year that was in Virginia politics. It was the best and worst of times.

And GOP Senate candidate George Allen joins us to recall the fast-approaching anniversary of Obamacare, that mad-cap bit of legislation that was supposed to make us all healthier and wealthier, but instead is already leaving a trail of economic wreckage in its wake.